Typographical composing and line-casting machine.



H. DEGENER.

TYPOGRAPHICAL GOMPOSING AND LINE CASTING MACHINE- APPLICATION FILED AUG.25, 1911.

1,008,705. Patented Nov.1 4, 1911.

WITNESSES- //vv%ToR,

{ PER j I 1 my 9 7 XTRNEY COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON. D. c.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HEINRICH DEGENER, 0E BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO MERGENTHALER LINOTYPECOMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING AND LINE-CASTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 14 1911.

Application filed August 25, 1911.

Serial No. 646,013.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HEINRICH DEGENER, a subject of the German Emperor,residing at 26 Hollmannstrasse, Berlin, in the German Empire, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Typographical Composing andLine-Casting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to typographical composing and line-castingmachines such as those known commercially under the trade mark Linotype,and particularly to those machines which are provided with circulatingmatrices each of which has two formative cavities one above the other,and which matrices can be assembled with either of the said cavities inthe composing line. In these machines there are devices already known bywhich the descent of the matrices into the assembler elevator isarrested be fore the matrices reach their lowest position therein, andby which, during their advance along the said elevator, or during theascent of the latter, the said matrices can be brought into the lowerposition, by intervals or gaps in the matrix-supporting ledges.

According to the present invention the descent of the matrices isarrested by a stop which is so arranged that the said matrices strike itat the middle art of their feet as distinguished from existingarrangements whereby their descent is arrested by their bottom lugscoming into contact with an adjustable ledge or stop; by these meansmuch wear, detrimental to good alinement of the matrices, is avoided.

In the accompanying drawing which shows the preferred constructionalform of the invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation partly in verticalsection of the assembler elevator and other adjacent parts, and Fig. 2is a plan partly in horizontal section of parts of Fig. 1.

The construction of the assembler elevator l and of the fixed ledge 2and movable ledge 3 which hold the matrices in their different levels,corresponds with that of existing arrangements, with the exception thatinstead of the short stationary ledge which hitherto has been employedfor stopping the descent of the matrices a block 4 is arranged at theentrance end of the assembler elevator, between the two sides of thelatter and not adjustable as to height. The matrices 5 in their descentare allarrested by this block 4 at the same height, and they contactwith the block only with the middle part of their feet, the lugsinvolved in the subsequent alinement taking no active part in thisactual stoppage. If the movable ledge 3 is in the position shown in Fig.2, that is to say with its right-hand end at a distance away from theblock 4, the matrices on moving leftward off the block 4, will fall onto the lower ledge 2. If the matrices are to remain in their upperposition, the movable ledge 3 is pushed into its rightmost position, sothat its right-hand end is flush with the right-hand end of theassembler elevator. The top surface of the block 4 may be somewhathigher than the movable ledge 3, so that when the latter is in itslastnamed position, the matrices will not strike upon the ledge.right-hand end of the line are to be retained in their upper position,it is necessary to move the ledge 3 into its rightmost position sothatit will support those matrices during the upward movement of theassembler elevator.

In order to prevent the matrices falling between the block 4 and theknown star wheel 6, the block 4 may, with advantage be provided with anose or rib 7, and the arms of the star wheel with correspondingrecesses 8 to clear the said rib, by which arrangement the block canextend well beneath the wheel 6 without interfering with its rotation.

The space-bars descending from their magazine can as a rule, withoutdifliculty, be assembled in line, their feet being beveled and the block4 not projecting very far into the line. But in order to remove allpossibility of the space-bars being interfered with by the block 4 thelatter may be movable ina horizontal direction, for which purpose it canbe provided with a draw rod 9, which is guided in the machine frame andso operated by the space-bar escapement mechanism that at each releaseof a spacebar the block 4 will be drawn rightward and, after thespace-bar has taken up its proper place in the assembling line, returnedto its normal position. The mechanism for withdrawing the block 4 aslast described is not shown in the drawing, and it may be of any desiredconstruction.

When the matrices at the Having thus. described my invention, declarethat/what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is machineout-of operative position to permit the space bands to enter the linewithout'interference with the stop device.

2. In a typographical composing machine,

15 the assembler elevator provided with means to sustain the matrices atdifferent levels, combined with a stop, normally in position to arrestthe descent of the matrices, the said stop being movably arranged topermit it to be shifted horizontally to an abnormal position in themachine; whereby the space bands will be permitted to pass into the linewithout interference with the stop.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

HEINRICH DEGENER.

Witnesses HENRY HAsrEn, WOLDEMAR HAUPT.

Copies of'this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

